Ragnar gladly granted them leave, and so they sailed with the next fair wind, having assembled a great body of picked warriors known for their courage and skill.
The Greeks then assembled another fleet, but Agamemnon had to sacrifice his daughter, Iphigenia, to appease the goddess Artemis (who he had insulted) and receive favorable winds to sail to Troy.
She seemed to be sailing with a fair wind just whither she would go, and her thoughts were much occupied with a handsome house in Lowick Gate which she hoped would by-and-by be vacant.